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Lexington - 5/28/2017. Niue tour



The volunteers from the Niue Yacht Club took us on a tour of the island today. They are a major asset to the island. They delivered fresh baked bread to the harbor for boats that ordered it. They took us around the island in their private vans. They will deliver fresh vegetables to the dock Tuesday. They provide the mooring balls for the visiting yachts. Last year about 10% of the tourists to the island were on yachts that used the mooring balls. The island is trying to promote tourism as a significant part of their economy. It would be an interesting study to see what leads to success or failure. There are only about 1,600 people on the island. Of those that are employed, about 75% work for the government. New Zealand heavily subsidizes the economy. I think that if they were left on their own they would have heavy poverty. I will show some photos of our day. {CAPTION}

This is a trail thru the woods for about a kilometer leading to a coast line feature that is beautiful. {CAPTION}

The area has exposed coral that spikes out of the terrain. The coral is the limestone that was pushed up to create the whole island. This photo show some of the limestone-coral along the path. {CAPTION}

This is Sam waiting for others to catch up




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